Mount Adolphus Island
{{Short description|Island in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
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| name = Mount Adolphus Island
| native_name = Muri or Mori
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| image_name = Mt Adolphus Island (Landsat).png
| image_size = 220px
| image_caption = A satelitte image of Mount Adolphus Island
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| map_image = TorresStraitIslandsMap.png
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| map_caption = A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing Mount Adolphus Island in the southeast waters of Torres Strait
| location = Adolphus Channel, Cape York Peninsula, Northern Australia
| coordinates = {{Coord|-10.637|142.652|format=dms|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|display=title,inline}}
| archipelago = Torres Strait Islands
| waterbody = Torres Strait
| total_islands = 1
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| area_km2 = 6.74
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| length_km = 4.4
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| width_km = 2.1
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| elevation_m = 150
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| highest_mount = Mount Adolphus
| country = Australia
| country_admin_divisions_title = State
| country_admin_divisions = Queensland
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Local government area
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Shire of Torres
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Mount Adolphus Island, also called Muri or Mori in the native language, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located at the very tip of Cape York Peninsula on the northern side of the Adolphus Channel, across from Albany Island and about {{convert|40|km}} northeast of Bamaga in the far north region of Queensland, Australia.
Geography
Mount Adolphus Island is {{convert|4.4|km}} long, and {{convert|2.1|km}} wide at its widest point. It measures {{convert|6.74|km2}} in area. It is located {{convert|10.1|km}} from the Australian mainland. The island's highest elevation is the flat-topped Mount Adolphus ({{coord|-10.6323|142.6589|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Adolphus}}) at the height of {{convert|178|m}} above mean sea level. {{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}
Coastal features on Mount Adolphus Island include (clockwise from north):
- Lacey Island ({{coord|-10.6094|142.6138|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Lacey Island}}){{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Marine islands - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/ffa00969-099d-4fd4-98f8-81e9aea26df6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125063021/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/ffa00969-099d-4fd4-98f8-81e9aea26df6 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|18712|Lacey Island|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Little Adolphus Island ({{coord|-10.5958|142.6179|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Little Adolphus Island}}){{cite QPN|19498|Little Adolphus Island|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Salter Island ({{coord|-10.5980|142.6372|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Salter Island}}){{cite QPN|29496|Salter Island|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Nicklin Islet ({{coord|-10.6220|142.6532|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Nicklin Islet}}){{cite QPN|24217|Nicklin Islet|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- North East Bluff ({{coord|-10.6301|142.6678|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=North East Bluff}}){{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|44498|North East Bluff|mountain in Torres Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Morilug Islet, also known as Tiakan Islet ({{coord|-10.6414|142.6808|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Morilug Islet (Tiakan Islet)}}){{cite QPN|22829|Morilug Islet|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Akone Islet ({{coord|-10.6673|142.6698|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Akone Islet}}){{cite QPN|194|Akone Islet|island|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Pinnacle Peak ({{coord|-10.6562|142.6487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Pinnacle Peak}}){{cite QPN|44497|Pinnacle Peak|mountain in Torres Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Cambridge Point ({{coord|-10.6525|142.6390|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Cambridge Point}}){{cite QPN|5819|Cambridge Point|mountain in Torres Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Dickey Point ({{coord|-10.6491|142.6396|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dickey Point}}){{cite QPN|44496|Dickey Point|mountain in Torres Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Blackwood Bay ({{coord|-10.6402|142.6446|type:waterbody_region:AU-QLD|name=Blackwood Bay}}){{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Bays - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/7e779892-24a1-481f-ac87-7f371f7b3745 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125063709/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/7e779892-24a1-481f-ac87-7f371f7b3745 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}
History
Djagaraga (also known as Yadhaigana, Dyagaraga and Yagulleone) is of the languages from the tip of Cape York. The language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council. Traditionally the language was spoken on Eastern Cape York particularly the localities of Albany Island and Mount Adolphus Island.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/54?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|author=|date=|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February 2020}}
Shipwrecks
- Aliquis, a ship captained by Gill and sailed from Port Jackson to Calcutta, was lost near Mount Adolphus Island, Torres Strait, in May 1839. There were no deaths. The crew were picked up by the ship Argyle, also bound Sydney to India.
- {{RMS|Quetta}}, an iron steamship of {{GRT|3484}} that was built at Dumbarton, Scotland in 1881. Owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company and captained by Alfred Sanders, the ship was bound from Brisbane to London on 6 February 1890. It foundered when she struck a needle of uncharted coral in Mount Adolphus Channel, on 28 February 1890. 134 people died, and there were 158 survivors. A submerged rock had ripped through six water-tight compartments of the hull, from the bows to the engine room. Stokers were killed instantly as water rushed onto the boilers, causing them to explode. Lower-deck portholes burst under the water pressure, and the sea flooded in, swamping passengers asleep in their bunks. For half a minute the ship hung at a 45-degree angle, then she slid slowly beneath the surface. Within less than five minutes of striking the rock she was gone.{{cite book|last=Hofer|first=Hubert|date=2004|title=The wreck of the SS Quetta|publisher=H. Hofer|location=Atherton, Qld|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14858095}}{{Cite web |last=Randall |first=Brian |date=2018-07-04 |title=Queensland Places - Mount Adolphus Island - Mori - the Quetta Disaster |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-places-mount-adolphus-island-mori-quetta-disaster |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=State Library Of Queensland |language=en}}
See also
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